President Kennedy addressed powerlessness in vital areas of the American foreign policy machinery. He was particularly critical of the inability of American diplomats to learn different languages. 70 percent of all new foreign accommodation agents had no knowledge of a foreign language; only three of the forty-four Americans in the Belgrade embassy spoke Yugoslav; not a single American in nascent Delhi could speak Indian dialects; and only two of the nine ambassadors to the Middle East spoke Arabic. Additionally, it was noted that there were only twenty-six black officers in the entire Foreign Service (Enhancing the Peace Corps Experience, pp. 75). What President John F. Kennedy wanted was to inspire mutual understanding between Americans and people of other nations and cultures (Living Poor: A Peace Corps Chronicle). On September 22, 1961, President John F. Kennedy finalized and signed legislation to pursue peace. Body. Since then, there has been legislation called the Peace Corps Act, 22 US Code § 2501 (1961). The Peace Corps Act has been divided into 3 main designations, 1.0 is...